Car-replacing device



June 5, 1923.

vv. A; HUBBARD' v CAR REPLAGING' DEVICE Filed dan. 13, 1923 1 l'l/Vl/E/VTR W Hawai@ ATTORNEYS Patented .lune 5, i923..

UNET STTES WILLIAM A. EUBBARD, OF HOQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

CAR-REPLACING DEVICE.

Application led January 13, 1923.

T 0 'all 'whom t may cof/wcm:

Be it known that I, WILLLAM A, HUBBARD, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Hoquiam, in the county of Grays Harbor and State ofVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCar-Replacing Devices, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to car replacing or rerailing devices and itconsists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements hereindescribed and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient carreplacing unit which embodies means whereby it may be releas ably andrmly held clamped against a track rail and disconnected from the rail atwill for use at another point.

A further object of my invention is to provide a car replacing unit ofthe character described which is adapted to be connected to a track railin such manner that a stress thereon will tend to prevent displacementor movement of the replacing unit relatively to the rail.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, and the novel features of the invention will beparticularly outlined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this application, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing acar replacing device embodying the invention in applied position inrespect to a track rail,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in Figure l, and

Figure 3 is a transverse section through the structure shown in thepreceding views,

In carrying out the invention, l provide a replacer body which comprisesside walls 1 and 2 respectively, each having the shape or contour of asegment of a circle and being spaced from each other and held inparallel relation by an integral top 3. The latter is arcuate in shapeand is inclined from its juncture with the side wall 2 to its juncturewith the side wall l, the side wall l being of greater height than theside wall 2. The latter is adapted to rest upon one side of the baselange 4 of a rail 5 so that the curved upper edge thereof which isjoined to the top 3 will terminate at its highest point or in otherwords interme- Serial No. 612,522.

diate of its ends substantially in the plane of the upper face of thehead 6 of the rail. At this time, the side wall l extends transverselyacross and is supported on adjacent ties 7 of a railway track with whichthe replacer body is used and which includes the rail 5.

It will be apparent that when a replacer body embodied in the inventionand as described is positioned in contiguous relation to the rail 5 asillustrated and as described, the wheel of a derailed car propelled uponthe replacer body from either end thereof will be guided upwardly to theplane of the upper face of the head ange of the rail and then laterallyinto position to traverse the rail. It is of course essential that thecar replacer body shall be securely held against displacement ormovement relatively to the rail during the rerailing operation and it isalso desirable that the means for holding the replacer body in appliedrelation to the rail shall be such as will permit of convenient andfacile connection of the replacer body to the rail and disconnectiontherefrom when the rerailing operation has been accomplished so that thesame replacer body may be used repeatedly at diferent points. In orderthat the replacer body may be readily connected to and disconnected froma track rail, such as the rail 5, my invention provides a holder for thecar replacer body which includes a hook 8 which is adapted to embracethe edge portion of the side of the base llange'e remote from thereplacer body and which includes a shank 9 extending in underlyingcontiguous relation to the base flange 4 between adjacent ties andterminating at a considerable distance beyond the edge of the side ofthe base flange l which supports the side wall 2 of the replacer body.In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, the end of the shank 9terminates in a plane extending substantially vertically to the top 3adjacent to the longitudinal median line thereof.

The shank 9 is apertured adjacent to its 'ree end, as indicated at l0 toprovide an eye through which an end link 01": a chain 11 extends. Thechain 1l extends through an aperture l2 provided in the wall l of thereplacer body at the approximate center of the latter.

The chain 1l is of the usual closed link 'construction and the linksthereof are of j tual practice,

v body `has sufficient size and made of such material as to sustain thestresses to which the chain will be subjected in service withoutdistortion or rupture.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, theoperation thereof will be readily understood. ln acthe replacer `bodieswill be used in pairs, one being held against the outer side of one of apair of track rails while the other is held against the inner side 4ofthe other rail. When the replacer been positioned relatively to a railas desired and as described, the hook 8 is engaged with the base flangeof the rail and the end portion of the chain 11 protruding from thereplacer body through the aperture 12 is grasped and the chain is pulledtaut. One of the links `of the chain will then extend through theaperture 12 and a substantially Ushaped latching element 13 having anoffset handle extension 14 to one arm thereof is hooked over the endportion of the link protruding from the aperture 12. A wedge-shaped ortapered key 15 vis projected through the portion of the link protrudingfrom the inner' side of the wall 1 so that the latching member 13 willbe clamped between the link which is connected with the link extendingthrough the aperture 12 and the outer face of the side wall 1 vwhile thekey 15 will engage at its one yside with the inner face of the wall 1and at its opposite side with the inner end of the adjacent link of thechain. The yhandle portion 14 of the latching member .is apertured at 16to receive the link at the outer end of the chain 11.

i With the arrangement described, any stress on the replacer body willtend to tighten the grip of the hook 8 on the base flange of the railand also to prevent displacement of the latching member 13 from theposition in which illustrated. When no stress is imposed on vthereplacer body, the latching member 13 may be readily displaced and thereplacer body then displaced from the rail for positioning at anotherpoint. The same car replacer body may `therefore be used at differentpoints and the necessity of using spikes or like fastening elements forsecuring the replacing device in applied relation to the rail isobviated.

Obviously, my invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other thanthat illustrated herein and l therefore consider as my own allmodifications andl adaptations of the forms of the device hereindisclosed which fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims. l

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. A car replacingdevice comprising a replacer body comprising segmental shaped verticalside Walls and an arcuate top con necting said side walls, one of saidside walls being of less height than the other and terminating at itslower edge at a higher level than the horizontal plane of the lower edgeof the second side wall, whereby the first -side wall is adapted to restupon one side of the base flange of a rail when the second side wallrests upon a tie upon which the rail is supported, the said second sidewall having an opening formed therethrough, and means engaging with thebase flange of the rail at the side thereof remote from the body andextending transversely of said body through the opening in thesecondside wall `for holding the body clamped against the rail 2. A `carreplacing device comprising a replacer body comprising segmental shapedvertical side walls and an arcuate top connecting Vsaiol side walls, oneof said `yside walls being of less height than the other ,andterminating ,at its lower edge ata yhigher level than the horizontalyplane of the lower edge of the second side wall, whereby the first sidewall is adapted to rest upon one side of the base flange of a rail incontiguous relation to the adjacent side ofthe head of the rail .whenthe second side wall rests upon atie upon which the rail is supported,the second side wall having an opening formed therethrough, a hookadapted to ,embrace ,the edge vportion of the side ,o f the base flangeof the rail remote Vfrom the car replacer body and having a shankadapted to extend transversely kof the base ange in underlyingcontiguous relation thereof, ,a flexible connector secured at one end tothe end 4of the shank of said hook rand extending within the replacerbody through the opening in the second side wall, and means engagingwith said flexible connector and with Ithe outer face of the wallprovided with the opening for holding the replacer body clamped against`the rail.

3. A ca r replacing device comprising a replacer body comprisingsegmental shaped vertical side walls and an arcuate top connecting saidside walls, one of said side walls being of less height than the otherand being adapted to rest upon one side of the base flange of a rail,the other of said `side walls having an opening formed therethrough, ahook adapted to embrace the edge portion of the side of the vbase flangeofthe rail remote from the car replacer body and having a shank adaptedto extend transversely of the base flange in underlying contiguousrelation thereof, a chain secured atone end to the end of the shank andextending through the body to protrude lfrom the latter through theopening in the oneside there# of, a `U-shaped latching member engagingthe protruding portion ofthe chain and the outer face of the adjacentwall of the body to hold the replacer body. clamped against the rail,said latching member having an offset handle extension to one armthereof, said handle extension being carried at the extremity of theprotruding portion of the chain.

4. A car replacing device comprising a replacer body comprisingsegmental shaped vertical side Walls and an arcuate top connecting saidside Walls, one of said side Walls being of less height than the otherand being adapted to rest upon the one side of the base flange of arail, the other of said side walls having an opening formedtherethrough, a hook adapted to embrace the edge portion of the side ofthe base flange of the rail remote from the car replacer body and havinga shank adapted to extend transversely of the base flange in underlyingcontiguous relation thereof, a chain secured at one end to the end ofthe shank and eX- tending through the body to protrude from the latterthrough the opening in the one side thereof, a U-shaped latching memberengaging the protruding portion of the chain and the outer face of theadjacent Wall of the body to hold the replacer body clamped against therail, and a tapered key engaging With the chain and With the inner faceof the last named side Wall of the replacer body.

WILLIAM A. HUBBARD.

